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Health Bill Appears Dead as Pivotal G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition
New York Times ^ | September 25, 2017 | Thomas Kaplan

Posted on 09/25/2017 3:20:27 PM PDT by Alter Kaker

WASHINGTON — Senator Susan Collins of Maine said on Monday that she would oppose the latest plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, leaving Republican leaders clearly short of the votes they need for passage.

Ms. Collins, a Republican, announced her opposition in a written statement, delivering a significant and possibly fatal blow to the party’s seven-year quest to dismantle the health law.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: blindsquirrel; collins; grahamcassidy; mcconnellcare; obamacare; socialisedmedicine; stoppedclock; trump
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To: DoughtyOne

We don’t have the right to complain because we drive on federal roads...


41 posted on 09/25/2017 3:45:12 PM PDT by Lord Casselreagh
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To: Lord Casselreagh

Watch me...


42 posted on 09/25/2017 3:48:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national puch-bowl.)
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To: Alter Kaker
Graham-Cassidy might actually have been worse than ObamaCare.

At least now homobamacare will go down in the death spiral that was already occurring.

43 posted on 09/25/2017 3:49:02 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: Alter Kaker

Ugly Susan screws the country again.


44 posted on 09/25/2017 3:50:20 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Yes it was the last ditch effort. All they need through September 30th is 51 votes to repeal Obamacare. As of October 1st, they need 60 votes. That will never happen.


45 posted on 09/25/2017 3:51:44 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Alter Kaker

Ted Cruz and Mike Lee said they opposed it recently. It was long dead before this attention whore spoke up.


46 posted on 09/25/2017 3:57:35 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: chris37

Failure, thy name is GOP.


47 posted on 09/25/2017 3:59:26 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Alter Kaker

She voted to repeal only when there was no chance of passage.


48 posted on 09/25/2017 3:59:58 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: All

Did anyone here actually believe the very people that have been screwing us, were going to stop screwing us, because they said they would???


49 posted on 09/25/2017 4:00:27 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: Alter Kaker

What is wrong with the people of Maine that they would continue to elect her? All the people from Maine that I have met seem level-headed and conservative. Where do the people who elect her come from?


50 posted on 09/25/2017 4:01:32 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Susan Collins: socialist, globalist, fool


51 posted on 09/25/2017 4:01:43 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: DoughtyOne; null and void; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; Travis McGee; Diogenesis; ...

[They want a global government. They don’t want us to be a sovereign nation any longer.]

Correct you are FRiend. The Uniparty can agree on destroying America for the NWO. It don’t look like tinfoil so much anymore.


52 posted on 09/25/2017 4:01:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Alter Kaker

Congrats to the no voters for saving Obamacare.
They should each get a banana.


53 posted on 09/25/2017 4:01:48 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee)
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To: SaveFerris

“:^<


54 posted on 09/25/2017 4:02:35 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national puch-bowl.)
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To: eyeamok

I think a few of us were surprised just how deep and insane the Swamp really is.

We always knew it was there.

We always knew McCain was a Globalist scumbag. (worthy of mention)


55 posted on 09/25/2017 4:03:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: KavMan

Not for 3 years (2020). Wonder if she ran on repeal Obama Care?

GOPe senators who are not up for reelection for three or four years can take turns blocking Obama Care repeal, and put it off indefinitely.


56 posted on 09/25/2017 4:03:18 PM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: DoughtyOne; null and void

Is there a tinfoil hat version of a smiley? I think I need it every day, anymore.

<=:{o


57 posted on 09/25/2017 4:04:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nfldgirl

They arent. Rand Paul, Ted cruz and Mike Lee are now. Maybe others.


58 posted on 09/25/2017 4:06:27 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: SaveFerris

That’ll do.


59 posted on 09/25/2017 4:07:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national puch-bowl.)
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To: ealgeone

I live in Maine and a lot of people have told me they’ve had it with her.

I wrote in someone else’s name last time this turd was up for re-election.


60 posted on 09/25/2017 4:11:16 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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